{"id":158193,"date":"2025-10-02T14:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/158193\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lithuania-seizes-12000-packs-of-cigarettes-smuggled-from-belarus-by-drones","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/158193\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania seizes 12,000 packs of cigarettes smuggled from Belarus by drones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 2, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Lithuania intercepted drones carrying 12,000 packs of cigarettes in six batches yesterday, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smugglers\u2019 drones equipped with GPS sensors arrived as far as the \u0160al\u010dininkai, Var\u0117na and Alytus districts, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of 2025, Lithuanian border guards have seized 487 shipments of cigarettes smuggled from Belarus using weather balloons. Law enforcers arrested 87 suspects and seized 45 UAVs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Two Belarusians arrested after 12 cigarette-smuggling balloons land in Poland<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 29, Pozirk. Twelve weather balloons carrying $48,000 worth of Belarusian cigarettes landed in seven locations near the border in Poland&#039;s Podlaskie voivodeship last weekend, RMF FM reported, citing the Polish Border Guard. The balloons launched by cigarette smugglers from &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/157685\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 2, Pozirk. Lithuania intercepted drones carrying 12,000 packs of cigarettes in six batches yesterday, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reports.\u00a0 Smugglers\u2019 drones equipped with GPS sensors arrived as far as the \u0160al\u010dininkai, Var\u0117na and Alytus districts, it said. Since the start of 2025, Lithuanian border guards have seized 487 shipments of cigarettes smuggled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-158193","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuania seizes 12,000 packs of cigarettes smuggled from Belarus by drones | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 2, Pozirk. 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